News: construction has started on a major extension to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), designed by Snøhetta to double the gallery's exhibition and education space. More about San Francisco Museum of Modern Art expansion breaks ground
News: a prosthetic hand designed for people with missing fingers has been made available to download from the 3D-printing design database Thingiverse (+ movie). More about 3D-printed Robohand helps children born without fingers
News: architecture writer and founder of BLDGBLOG Geoff Manaugh has been announced as the new editor-in-chief of technology website Gizmodo. More about BLDGBLOG's Geoff Manaugh becomes Gizmodo editor-in-chief
News: a 1960s football stadium in Brazil has become the first of several in the country to be equipped with a solar-powered roof in preparation for next year's FIFA World Cup. More about Brazil opens first solar-powered stadium ahead of 2014 World Cup
Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: Zaha Hadid has opened a gallery in Clerkenwell, central London, to display her furniture and design to the public (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid Design Gallery opens to the public
News: architect Frank Gehry has warned that performances at his Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles could be ruined by the noise of a subway line planned nearby. More about Gehry warns new subway spells "disaster" for Walt Disney Concert Hall
News: the new president of Milan's Salone Internazionale del Mobile has revealed plans to rebrand the fair, replace its "terrible" website and tackle hotel overpricing and transport chaos that are damaging its image (+ interview). More about New Salone del Mobile president to tackle issues that "damage Milan"
News: architecture firm dRMM will install 20 interlocking wooden staircases outside St Paul's Cathedral for the London Design Festival in September. Update: the Endless Stair will now be constructed outside Tate Modern. More about dRMM to install Escher-style staircase outside St Paul's Cathedral
News: the two temporary wing-like seating stands have been removed from Zaha Hadid's Aquatics Centre at the London 2012 Olympic Park, meaning the building can be seen for the first time as it was originally designed. More about Wings removed from Zaha Hadid's Olympic Aquatics Centre
News: Barcelona officials are outraged over plans to construct a 300-metre "space hotel" - complete with a zero-gravity spa and vertical wind tunnel - on an artificial island off the coast of the city. More about Dubai-style "space hotel" would "turn Barcelona into a spectacle"
News: developers have unveiled images of Zaha Hadid Architects' proposed 60-storey residential skyscraper in Miami, USA (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid's Miami skyscraper revealed
News: British firm Wilkinson Eyre Architects has won a competition to design a $1.5 billion hotel skyscraper on the harbourfront in Sydney, Australia. More about Wilkinson Eyre wins competition for Sydney harbour skyscraper
News: work has begun on the OMA-designed headquarters of Denmark's national centre for architecture in Copenhagen. More about Construction begins on OMA's Bryghusprojektet in Copenhagen
News: British inventor James Dyson has donated £4 million towards building a new cancer centre in Bath, UK, based on the principles underlying his successful redesign of a neonatal ward at the same hospital. More about Dyson to build cancer centre after his ward redesign improves baby care
News: Zaha Hadid Architects has won a competition to design a metro station for Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital. More about Zaha Hadid wins competition for Saudi Arabian metro station
News: British firm Foster + Partners has unveiled plans for two residential skyscrapers as part of a mixed-use development in north London. More about Foster + Partners reveals plans for two London skyscrapers
News: the architectural principles behind the Prince of Wales' controversial Poundbury development (above) will be exported to Bahrain in a move that has angered human rights campaigners. More about Prince Charles' architecture charity under fire over Bahrain housing deal
News: Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron has been granted planning permission for a school of government and public policy at the University of Oxford, UK. More about Herzog & de Meuron wins planning permission for Oxford university building
News: One World Trade Center in New York has become the world's third-tallest building after topping out at a height of 541 metres. More about One World Trade Center tops out
News: the Museum of Modern Art in New York is to reconsider its decision to demolish the former American Folk Art Museum next door following an outcry from architects, conservationists and critics. More about MoMA pulls back from plan to raze former folk art museum